Norse Mythology
1996 • 301 pages

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15

I enjoyed this! I probably wouldn't have picked up a book of straight-up Norse myths if it hadn't been written by Neil Gaiman, and uhh it helped me contextualize Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase series? So...there's that. IDK, it was a fun, quick read and I appreciated the flow of the myths–it's not exactly a full narrative arc but they do call back to each other in a pleasing way.

If you're like a hardcore Norse mythology fan you probably already know all this stuff but it feels like a good introduction to me. There's some ~crude humor~ but an interested teen (ie a reader of Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase books) would probably enjoy this just fine. (I mean, they'd prob enjoy it more due to the crude humor, just pointing out for parents/librarians.)

March 16, 2017